[ her sorrow pulls at his heart and adds to the eternally growing frustration he already feels when thinking about aleksander. the man has been allowed to carelessly lay waste to whatever he chooses and nikolai's pressing need to put a stop to it is only incensed further with the more alina reveals. his arms wind readily around her when she leans into him, her hair tickling his cheek. ]
He hasn't. [ he says it with an easy conviction because he truly believes it. ] And he never will.
[ for a brief moment he thinks to tell her of the plan he's formulating with zoya — reckless, high-risk, but with an equally high potential payoff. that thought gets squirreled away. he knows enough about alina to know there isn't a single part of her that would approve of what he's planning. nikolai barely approves of what he's planning. his only comfort is that it's zoya, and zoya can more than handle anything thrown at her.
he huffs out a small laugh against her hair. ]
What I'm getting into? You mean looking over my shoulder for a little ghost named Morozova? I was already doing that. You're not bringing my ruin upon me, Alina. [ he pulls her into his lap, his hands lifting to cradle her face as he gazes up at her with a gentle smile. ] Everything else that I'm getting into with you just makes me want to kiss you more.
[ he draws her closer, until he can feel the warmth of her breath across his skin, their lips just barely grazing while his heartbeat quickens yet again in nervous anticipation. there have been people since dominik, names he's forgotten and faces that are just a blur in his memories. there hasn't been anyone like alina. ] May I?
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He hasn't. [ he says it with an easy conviction because he truly believes it. ] And he never will.
[ for a brief moment he thinks to tell her of the plan he's formulating with zoya — reckless, high-risk, but with an equally high potential payoff. that thought gets squirreled away. he knows enough about alina to know there isn't a single part of her that would approve of what he's planning. nikolai barely approves of what he's planning. his only comfort is that it's zoya, and zoya can more than handle anything thrown at her.
he huffs out a small laugh against her hair. ]
What I'm getting into? You mean looking over my shoulder for a little ghost named Morozova? I was already doing that. You're not bringing my ruin upon me, Alina. [ he pulls her into his lap, his hands lifting to cradle her face as he gazes up at her with a gentle smile. ] Everything else that I'm getting into with you just makes me want to kiss you more.
[ he draws her closer, until he can feel the warmth of her breath across his skin, their lips just barely grazing while his heartbeat quickens yet again in nervous anticipation. there have been people since dominik, names he's forgotten and faces that are just a blur in his memories. there hasn't been anyone like alina. ] May I?